25 is about the time I first noticed problems. But I was going through so much at that time in my life (Mom's death, failed engagement, bad job....) That I just assumed it was stress. Then in my mid 30s I was diagnosed as Diabetic and they said I may have been so for 10 to 15 years and it and gone unnoticed, I just assumed my ED problems were from that. Once on medication for the diabetes, I still had problems and still felt rundown, I talked to my doctor and he said I was just depressed. <br> It wasn't till I was 42 tht I saw a sitcom called "Yes Dear" and one of the characters had all the symptoms I was having (all they could discuss on TV that is)and gave a name to the disease. I looked it up on the web and low and behold there was all the crap I had been dealing with spelled out.<br> I called my new doctor and told him what I had found. I took a simple blood test and now I'm on 500 mg patches. Even after 3 months of treetment I'm still finding I'm getting better every day.<br> If I can be of any more help I'm at grimmbear@earthlink.net